MESA New York Bight Project Expanded Water Column Characterization Cruise (XWCC 11) NOAA Ship Researcher, September 1976

During the period 8-27 September 1976, an oceanographic cruise, denoted XWCC-11, was made by the NOAA Ship Researcher in the New York Bight. Bottom mounted pressure gauges were recovered. Physical, chemical, and biological oceanographic data were collected. The objective of the cruise was to supply data to provide a base for analysis of the water movement in the highly impacted ecosystem. This report presents the corrected physical and chemical (nutrient) data, and a preliminary descriptive analysis of the physical data.